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ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Thrice Armed

Chapter XX

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
Line 2
There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
Line 3
The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
Line 4
It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
Line 5
Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.”

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.”

Another noun US /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.”

Athwart noun US /ˈathwart/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.”

Behind preposition US /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.”

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.”

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.”

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

Agapomene

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

air

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

ANTHEA

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

athwartnounUS /ˈathwart/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

back

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

bells

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

big

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

boat's

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

book

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

broad

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

came

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

cane

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

chair

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

city

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

clatter

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

clear

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

cloud

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

clustering

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

companions

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

dark

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

deck-houses

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

dimly

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

dingy

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

DISCOVERY

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

discussed

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

downward

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

drifted

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

Empress

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

evening

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

face

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

freight-car

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

Further

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

grind

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

Hastings

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

Inlet

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

just

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

knee

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

lay

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

leaned

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

light

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

liner's

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

locomotive

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

looking

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

lumber

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

MAKES

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

Merril

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

mill

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

Narrows

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

out

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

overhang

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

passenger

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

piles

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

pines

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

prospects

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

pulp-mill

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

roofs

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

room

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

sat

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

shining

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

showed

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

smear

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

smoke

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

spars

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

stacked

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

steamer

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

tall

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

There

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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

tier

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

tolling

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

trailing

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

up

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

upper

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

vanished

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.

water

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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

wheels

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.

WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

white

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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.

winches

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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.

window

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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.